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"When the dust settles, I expect the people who assess elections will tell us disinformation was key in 2024. It wasn’t the economy, it was the disinformation about the economy. ...
It requires education and discernment to separate fact from fiction, and often that's lacking. That’s the problem: educating people so they can make judgments about what’s true."
~ Joyce Vance
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“We’re drowning in a sea of misinformation, much of it spread on a social network controlled by the world’s richest man. This isn’t a new problem, of course, but it’s reaching new levels of absurdity and concern,” writes our managing editor @csullivan in a new blogpost. He breaks down America’s truth crisis, and how Flipboard is maintaining a fact-first approach through it all.
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America’s Truth Crisis: Using AI to Combat Misinformation
How Flipboard uses AI and human editors to highlight quality journalism and minimize misinformation.Carl Sullivan (About Flipboard)
Too little, too late: the WaPo ‘discovers’ that Trump is destroying America’s political discourse by boosting cleverly crafted lies from right-wing (read: Russia, Chinese, Iranian) info-saboteurs
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How Trump Is Using Truth Social to Concoct and Spread Conspiracy Theories
An analysis of thousands of Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts reveals that the former president directly promoted false conspiracy theories in at least 330 instances and amplified at least 145 conspiracists.Neil Bedi (The New York Times)
"American creating deepfakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show" #giftlink
If you don't already know him, let me introduce you to John Mark Dougan. Sorry.
This article connects to a few other things in heavy rotation on Mastodon today.
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Groups in #Russia created and helped spread viral #disinformation 👉targeting Democratic vice presidential candidate #Tim #Walz, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Tuesday.
The content, which includes baseless accusations about the Minnesota governor’s time as a teacher,
contains several indications that it was manipulated, said the official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Analysts identified clues that linked the content to Russian disinformation operations, said the official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the office of the director.
Digital researchers had already linked the video to Russia, but Tuesday’s announcement is the first time federal authorities have confirmed the connection.
The disinformation targeting Walz is consistent with Russian disinformation seeking to undermine the Democratic campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz, her running mate.
Russia also has spread disinformation aimed at stoking discord and division ahead of voting, officials said, and may seek to encourage violent protests after Election Day.
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Russia is behind viral disinformation targeting Walz, intelligence official says
A senior U.S. intelligence official says viral online content spreading baseless attacks on Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz was created by Russia.DAVID KLEPPER (AP News)